Category: Evolution
New C.1.2 variant mutating 41 times a year, twice as fast other known Sars-CoV-2 variants
Scientists first detected C.1.2 in May 2021, finding that it was descended from C.1, which scientists found surprising as C.1 had last been detected in January. More...
The future of Sars-CoV-2: Multiple vaccine breakthrough infections in one patient
The patient had three RT-PCR confirmed SARS-CoV-2 infections. Two breakthrough infections occurred in quick succession with the first over 3 weeks after complete vaccination with COVISHIELD and despite post-vaccination seroconversion. More...
Preprint: Just three mutations for SARS-CoV-2 to escape from highly neutralizing convalescent plasma
“Only three mutations were sufficient to generate this escape variant.” More...
USA: Republican Mike McCaul’s final report into the origins of the Sars-CoV-2 pandemic
Mike McCaul’s final report on the origins of the pandemic can be downloaded here. More...
Github: AY.3.1 – a new sub-lineage of AY.3 concentrated in Mississippi, USA
AY.3 is the main variant being sequenced weekly in Mississippi (>70% of all recent sequences), most falling within this sub-lineage of AY.3 that is distinguished by the mutations described below (>60% of all recent sequences). More...
UK SAGE Bombshell Report: The Long Term Evolution of Sars-CoV-2
Scenario One: A variant that causes severe disease in a greater proportion of the population than has occurred to date. More...
The Alpha variant may have evolved within a chronically-infected individual
The unusual genetic divergence of lineage B.1.1.7 may have resulted, at least in part, from virus evolution with a chronically-infected individual
“What evolutionary processes or selective pressures might have given rise to lineage B.1.1.7? More...